Homer on Life and Death

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ISBN: 9780198140269 | 0198140266
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/15/1983

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This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profound.

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Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Symbolic Scenes and Significant Objects	p. 1
Characterization	p. 50
Death and the God-Like Hero	p. 81
Death, Pathos, and Objectivity	p. 103
Gods and Goddesses	p. 144
the Divine Audience and the Religion of the Iliad	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 205
General Index	p. 211
Index of Homeric Passages	p. 216
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